Laminate (again!) - Landing with stair banister

[JessUK98]

Has anyone laminated around or by a banister before? I have an old fashioned type wooden banister and the spindles go straight into the floor. Was wondering how people got round this? I've seen you can get a stair nose to join the stair carpet and laminate on the top step, but not seen anything for the actual banister. I was thinking of laying the laminate up to the spindles and then getting some kind of beading to cover the edge of the laminate but can't really see anything suitable. I can't face the idea of cutting laminate to fit around every single spindle, and then there's still be the issue of covering the end of the laminate.
Any ideas, or should I just get a new carpet instead?!

[richlist]

If I were doing the job i'd probably take a length of timber, say a mahogany or oak and cut notches to suit the spindles. Fit that length of timber to the floor and butt the laminate up to it.

[redsturgeon]

If I were doing the job i'd probably take a length of timber, say a mahogany or oak and cut notches to suit the spindles. Fit that length of timber to the floor and butt the laminate up to it.

I'd do something similar but fit the laminate first, leaving the regulation expansion gap, then fit the wood over the laminate covering the gap, fixed to the spindles.

John